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| cirrus | from Latin meaning "curl, filament, tuft" feathery/ hight, tin, feathery clouds. They often mean good weather |
| cumulus | Latin "heap or mass" piled up |
| stratus | Latin "stretched out, extended" sheet. Low clouds that form layers. They usually mean stormy weather. |
| nimbus | Latin "heavy rain; rain cloud" rain |
| alto | high Latin "high". Forms in the middle layer in the sky. |
| High clouds | cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus |
| Middle clouds | altocumulus, altostratus |
| Low clouds | stratocumulus, stratus, nimbostratus |
| Clouds found at all heights | cumulus, cumulonimbus |
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